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Corn production is the principal source of family income for about 24 million Filipinos. Isabela Province, located in one of the most depressed regions in northern Philippines, is considered the top corn-producing province in the country contributing 17% or 536 353 tons of the total yellow corn production in the country. Corn is grown rainfed in Isabela. Monocropping of corn is predominantly practiced in Isabela and there are two cropping seasons per year — wet season cropping from May to August and dry season cropping from November to February. In 2003, a total of 146 965 hectares were planted to yellow corn in the province. In the same year, average yield of yellow corn was 3.65 tons per hectare (t ha−1) which was comparatively higher than the national yellow corn yield average of 3.03 t ha−1. Most of the corn type being produced in the province is yellow corn which comprised 95% of the total corn produced in the province (Lansigan et al. 2001). Yellow corn is primarily used as animal feed ingredient especially for poultry and swine.
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Lansigan, F.P., de los Santos, W.L., Hansen, J. (2007). Delivering Climate Forecast Products to Farmers: Ex Post Assessment of Impacts of Climate Information on Corn Production Systems in Isabela, Philippines. In: Sivakumar, M.V.K., Hansen, J. (eds) Climate Prediction and Agriculture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44650-7_4
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